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Confitebor tibi Domine, SV266

Introduction

No fewer than six settings of Psalm 110 by Monteverdi have survived. The three included on this disc are quite different and demonstrate that Monteverdi was more interested in using the framework of the Psalm to explore different formal schemes than in characterizing the meaning of individual words. This one, the second of three in the Selva morale, is almost entirely in the flowing triple time associated with Venetian opera, and is built on a long modulating ground bass. Monteverdi treats it fairly freely and marks off each statement with a short passage of duple time. Such experiments with ground-bass techniques were very much in the air in the 1630s.

Recordings

'There are few records of Monteverdi's solo vocal music as persuasive as this … superb' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)'There are few records of Monteverdi's solo vocal music as persuasive as this … superb.' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)» More

I will praise you Lord with my whole heart:
in the council of the righteous and in the assembly.
Great are the works of the Lord:
they are studied by all who delight in them.
Merciful and wondrous is his work:
and his justice will remain for ever and ever.
He has instilled remembrance of his wonders,
merciful and compassionate is the Lord:
he has given food to those who fear him.
He will be mindful for ever of his pledge:
he will proclaim the virtue of his acts to his people.
That he might give them the inheritance of the peoples:
the works of his hands are truth and justice.
All of his promises are ordained: confirmed
for ever and ever: established in truth and equity.
The Lord has sent redemption for his people:
he has ordained for ever his pledge.
Holy and fearsome is his name:
the beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord.
Wise is the man who does all he asks:
praise of him will remain for ever and ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.